ROXBURY — A bunch of volunteers spent Saturday at Clifford Park in Roxbury cleansing it up for youths and households.
In current days, the park had been suffering from used needles and different particles, making it unsafe for youths to play there.
The volunteer cleanup effort was spearheaded by Boston Metropolis Councilor At-Giant Erin Murphy.
“Very discouraged that their park just isn’t clear and secure to play safely,” mentioned Councilor Murphy.
Clifford Park is a few half-mile from the encampments of homeless individuals who have returned to Mass Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, regardless of the town’s efforts to scrub it up.
“The neighbors are discovering after they exit to play baseball or [when] the soccer crew’s on the sector, they’re discovering human waste, a whole lot of needles, trash,” mentioned Murphy.
The cleanup turned harmful for one among Suffolk County District Legal professional Kevin Hayden’s safety crew members, who was injured by a needle and was transported to the hospital.
“My element, who was right here with me for this cleanup at this time, was caught within the foot with a needle,” mentioned Hayden. “And if this does not spotlight how tragic this may be, then I do not know what does. That would’ve been a child.”
Residents and volunteers say they’d like to see this park full of children once more. However with the quantity of drug exercise going down right here, it is simply merely not secure. They usually additionally know this won’t be the final time they’ve to scrub up this park.
Roxbury resident Franco Marzo has lived right here for 18 years and is glad one thing is lastly being accomplished.
“It means quite a bit,” Marzo mentioned. “We’re a part of the answer too, so all of us need to work collectively.”
